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Article: HOW TO DEADLIFT WITHOUT PASSING OUT

None of that addresses why you go all starry when you deadlift. It also happens on the bench, but not so much in squats. It has to do with differential blood pressure I think, it's like going from 60 to 0 in 0.5 seconds, which is why it doesn't happen on squats; when you're done a squat you still have to re-rack the weight, which gives your bp time to ramp down. I could be wrong but at least it's an attempt at an answer, if anyone knows better please feel free.
 
I think you have to hold your breath if you're lifting heavy weights, just like for squats. Have to maintain intra-abdominal pressure in order to keep your spine from folding like a noodle. But that's not why you go starry, since it doesn't happen for squats.
 
You do partially hold your breath, but exhale once you've past the hard point. For deadlifts, its usually once the bar passes the knees. But all the passing out vids ive seen when deadlifting, they hold their breath the entire time.
 
changemyoil66 said:
You do partially hold your breath, but exhale once you've past the hard point. For deadlifts, its usually once the bar passes the knees. But all the passing out vids ive seen when deadlifting, they hold their breath the entire time.
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My partner and I have both experienced going starry pretty regularly, neither one of us has ever passed out but having the vision go all black happens a lot. It's usually only when you're near your max, and when there's a bit of fatigue. We both lift pretty heavy though, his max is 650, mine is 565. We also lift at a gym where we cannot drop the weights, we have to set them down. I've talked about it with him and we both agree, you have to hold your breath to handle that kind of weight, or at least, the both of us do. If we were 800 lb pullers it might be a different story, at those weights anyway.
 
compudog said:
My partner and I have both experienced going starry pretty regularly, neither one of us has ever passed out but having the vision go all black happens a lot. It's usually only when you're near your max, and when there's a bit of fatigue. We both lift pretty heavy though, his max is 650, mine is 565. We also lift at a gym where we cannot drop the weights, we have to set them down. I've talked about it with him and we both agree, you have to hold your breath to handle that kind of weight, or at least, the both of us do. If we were 800 lb pullers it might be a different story, at those weights anyway.
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Do either of you make any kind of noise on the way up? Because if you do, then that's considered exhaling. because as you make noise (grunt, yell, etc...) air comes out.
 
changemyoil66 said:
Do either of you make any kind of noise on the way up? Because if you do, then that's considered exhaling. because as you make noise (grunt, yell, etc...) air comes out.
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Uhh.. no. I don't believe I've ever seen anyone doing a really heavy deadlift yell while they're doing it. Watched lots of videos. It goes by pretty quick. You really do have to maintain intra abdominal pressure.
 
We dont yell but just about everyone i know makes some kind of straining type noise when going heavy 1-3 rep max. I also sometimes get that stary feeling your talking about after tire flips, i think it definitely has to do with holding your breath. Your muscles need oxygen to perform these tasks and the more oxygen going to your muscles the less oxygen going to your brain.
 
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